... you know how twitchy I get without my regular dose of chrome and classics!

 

"Classic Car Cruise"

Saturday nights, April - October

Canadian Tire parking lot

Queensway and The East Mall 

 

 

 

 

(no Thunderbirds on this particular evening.  But a collector

 did show up with his 1955 Nash Metropolitan!)

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Nathan Phillips Square

July 6 -9

 

... I love coming down to the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair!  I'm bound to see something that inspires me, or makes me laugh, or makes me just shake my head... !?   

 

 

Bonsai Show

Centennial Park Greenhouse

I had always assumed that "bonsai" referred to a specific type of tree that was deliberately cultivated to be small. 

Well, I had assumed incorrectly! 

"Bonsai" is in fact the name of the art form that uses various cultivation techniques to produce small trees that mimic the shape and scale of full-sized trees. 

As I found out, bonsai can be created from early any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species.  Juniper and cedar, especially eastern white cedar, seem to be particularly popular choices ...